{"id":34491,"date":"2023-08-28T08:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cruiseship-breaks-free-from-moorings-in-mallorca-hits-tanker\/34491\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:11:47","slug":"cruiseship-breaks-free-from-moorings-in-mallorca-hits-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cruiseship-breaks-free-from-moorings-in-mallorca-hits-tanker\/34491\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruiseship breaks free from moorings in Mallorca, hits tanker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Massive storms across the Spanish island of Mallorca saw the <em>Britannia<\/em>, the flagship in the P&amp;O Cruises fleet, break free from its moorings and drift across port, hitting the starboard side of a moored tanker called<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#00adeb;\" class=\"mt_tooltip\" data-mturl=\"\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:5947693\/mmsi:215045000\/vessel:5947693\" data-mmsi=\"\" data-imo=\"\" data-dwt=\"\" data-yob=\"\" data-typename=\"\" data-typecolor=\"\" data-countrycode=\"\" data-country=\"\" data-info=\"Oil\/Chemical Tanker [MT]\" data-photourl=\"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/file\/2023\/08\/Cruiseship-breaks-free-from-moorings-in-Mallorca-hits-tanker.aspx.jpeg\" data-assetname=\"CASTILLO DE ARTEAGA\" data-assettype=\"Vessel\">Castillo De Arteaga<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"rFQc9IGeWfqtRmnXN46iBxMVzvL2\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MV Britannia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pandocruises?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pandocruises<\/a> breaks its moorings in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/portdemallorca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@portdemallorca<\/a> Palma in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/storm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#storm<\/a> 27 Aug 2023<br \/>Appears to have been blown right across the harbour then moved out into Bay of Palma for a few hours before returning.<br \/>Timelapse via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarineTraffic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarineTraffic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9i4V1JbYJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/U9i4V1JbYJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zlJapy41Wc\">pic.twitter.com\/zlJapy41Wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BC (@mildthing99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mildthing99\/status\/1695826747755729202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Both ships suffered minor damages in the incident with some debris spotted in the harbour and tugs swiftly deployed to bring the cruiseship back to its mooring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Passengers onboard the cruiseship described how the giant $500m vessels \u201cfloated away like a paper boat\u201d in the storm amid torrential rain and winds of up to 120 kmh. Some passengers were treated for minor injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>The collision could have been worse with a nearby ferry, the <em>GNV Spirit<\/em>, escaping getting crushed by a matter of just one minute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"FD491k5ugobW0IRmZdfzPlwXLS6iT\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Storm in Palma Mallorca breaks it\u2019s moorings and pushes P&amp;O Britannia into another ship and onto rocks. Ship not compromised and being pushed back into position by tugs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0RbdQIhPRT\">pic.twitter.com\/0RbdQIhPRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Marsh (@millermanuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/millermanuk\/status\/1695735073734062155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\" style=\"\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/cruise\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cruise<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/spain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spain<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive storms across the Spanish island of Mallorca saw the Britannia, the flagship in the P&amp;O Cruises fleet, break free from its moorings and drift across port, hitting the starboard side of a moored tanker called Castillo De Arteaga.\u00a0 MV Britannia @pandocruises breaks its moorings in @portdemallorca Palma in a #storm 27 Aug 2023Appears to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tanker-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/34492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}